The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-12-23
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.

notes, and faith he'll prent EN-" 30
sang genia! Robby Burns. Last week
the "chiel" who praises, and occasion
ally gently scolds, AstcrianS in these
columns, has been '.takin' notes" IN
the soon-to-be big icity OF Spokane,
TO his mind tie coming city of eastern |
Washington.
IT is being built and doomed 10y
live men, and though it has grand ad-
vantages and resources, we say IN all
sincerity that that city doesn't begin
to have the resources, opportunities,
situation, and possibilities OF growth
and greatness that Astoria has.
Without instituting any disparaging
comparisons, we here state one thing
that Spokane Falls does not do. Lit
does not send money away that could
be spent at home. The people spend
their money among their own mer-
chants. They realize that commu-
nitv without money is like man with
out money; very good, highly respect
able. loftily virtuous, perhaps, but OF
little financial account. They recog-
nize that business Is business, those
Spokane folks DO: every other man
isn't running around with petition
or a subscription list to send Tom to
Timbuctoo. or send the heather a lot
of flannel shirts with the Lords pray
er printed in Choetaw on the tails
thereof, but they are rustling for the
town and when they have a dollar, or
a dollar and six bits, to spend-they
spend it at home.
When a man comes to start a man
ufactory they don't size him up and
then go for him: they give him IN
ducements to start his factory, or mill
or shop. and when he is started they
don't prophesy failure and start to
freeze him out; they patronize him,
play at his game, help him alOng-not
for any love for him-bless you, no;
but for pure, cold business; in helping
him they are helping and enriching
themselves.
If you know of any place where
such thing as that would be good
thing to do, please remember that the
force of these remarks lies in their
application.
And they spend their money at
home. And If man starts a candle
factory, or a soap factory, or flour
mill, or a cracker factory, every mer-
chant who expects to do business in
Spokane has to sell Spokane manu-
featured candles and soap, or flour, or
crackers, or he can't sell any, for the
Spokanites won't buy in opposition to
their own manufacturing interests.
The writer was in a Spokane gro
Gerry and provision store last week. A
customer came ina quiet looking
man: "Give me two-bits' worth Spo-
kane crackers" (They have a cracker
factory there) "We haven't any Spo-
kane crackers" said the young clerk,
"but we've some very nice Portland
crackers" Il don't use Portland
crackers" with the accent on the
Port and with a significant look he
strobe out.
Another man standing 10y looked at
the writer and said: "Betcher life
they'll have Spokane crackers to sell
'safternoon." 1t was a safe bet They
did.
This is illustrative of the spirit.
We met a former Astorian, now oc-
cupying a prominent position In Spo-
kane. Said he: 1--we stood in the
Astoria postofiice and seen handed
out piles and piles of registered pack
ages containing all manner of goods
and clothes sent for by Astorians TO
New York. 1 give you my word (and
he had access and knew what he was
talking about there's more money
sent away from Astoria in one week.
that way, than from Spokane Falls in
ayear."
The moral 10 this is so plain that to
point it out would be to insult the in
telligence of the reader. But if you
think that sending money 10 Portland
San Francisco, Chicago and New York
at the expense of Astoria merchants,
will ever build city, you are as badly
fooled as the man that rugged bel
lows in the stern of his boat with the
nozzle pointing toward the sail to
make breeze.
EIOuSe 10 ttcnt.
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